Why isn't there a single pound and single lost and found site?

Qualitymark

I've been trying to spread the word about my friend's lost puppy - image below



but there's an absolutely enormous number of places where lost and found pets can be posted, and a lot of pounds!

Why on earth isn't there a single Dublin pound, well run, with good rehoming facilities (as there are in the Ashton pound, I'm told) and a website with current pics of *all* found pets? Mad!

jimi_t2

Qualitymark wrote: »

Why on earth isn't there a single Dublin pound, well run, with good rehoming facilities (as there are in the Ashton pound, I'm told) and a website with current pics of *all* found pets? Mad!

It's a terrible thing to happen, and I really don't mean to be adding further anguish to this, but chipping pets, especially pups, should be mandatory at this stage.

ha-ya-said-what

http://petsireland.invisionzone.com

post there, it's linked to a number of pounds & rescues so you can check & see if he goes through them & people can see your post in the lost & found section


Also there is a single lost & found site .... www.lostandfound.ie

morganafay

That's a good idea, I wish there was a site like that.

I hope that the dog is found soon, poor puppy.

Even if a dog is microchipped, it can still be stolen or go missing and nobody might check the chip. So microchipping is good, but not guaranteed to stop the dog getting lost.

Qualitymark

Thanks very much, morganafay and ha-ya-said-what - about to go and list Packie there.

Toulouse

There's 2 pounds in Dublin, Ashton which takes Dublin City and Fingal http://www.dogsindistress.org/ DID rescue from that pound and you can see dogs in the pound in their urgent section. Dunboyne which takes South Dublin and Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown, you can see dogs picked up by the wardens here http://environment.southdublin.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=119&Itemid=288 and see all dogs in the pound here http://petsireland.invisionzone.com/ in Urgent Matters posted by A Dogs Life who rescue from that pound. You should notify the wardens from both pounds just in case.

Yes it would be nice if there was a single pound, well run etc. but you are missing the point of a pound, which is to facilitate the holding of dogs for 5 days until their owners turn up, after that it's PTS or hand over to a rescue group which in some counties is not an option but luckily in Dublin rescues work with both pounds and manage to get the vast majority of dogs out. Councils are not going to spend money on that.

There are however a good few rescues some of which are listed here http://www.irishanimals.ie/general/index.html where the pup could have been handed in by a well meaning member of the public. Unfortunately without a name-tag or a chip unless they see an ad for him missing you are unlikely to get him back. The best bet is just to post on as many sites as you can, keep putting up posters, inform the wardens and the guards, send his picture to every rescue group you can. Blanket the area as someone could have just taken him in and held onto him. Also put up a poster in all the local vets. Here's one http://www.stfrancis.ie/contact.html

I hope he comes back to your friends. I volunteer for the group that takes from Dunboyne and have been keeping an eye out for him.

Qualitymark

Thanks very much, Toulouse. Unfortunately, my friend gave me the wrong phone number, so I spent most of yesterday spreading the information around the internet, and most of this morning correcting it!

He's also having to go back to west Cork today, so it's curtains for poor little Packie unless someone rings the other number on the poster or emails.

At least Packie's spectacularly cute, always an advantage in this life. With any luck he's curled up safe somewhere. I hope.

Qualitymark

I've tried posting on http://petsireland.invisionzone.com but you have to register - did so, but haven't heard back yet.

LisaO

Have you put up details on Facebook & Twitter?

This link from a recent Lost & Found post on Boards.ie gives a good outline of a very successful Lost & Found campaign.

http://lost-dog-in-bray.com/found-dog-in-bray-macs-back.html

Good Luck.

Qualitymark

LisaO, I've tweeted and there has been a good response, but if you'd like to start a retweet wave, this is what I tweeted: Puppy Packie lost from Inchicore please RT http://twitpic.com/1skhft http://twitpic.com/1skq2l

You could rewrite that any way you like. The more people hear about Packie the better.

I have details on my own Facebook page, which is fairly private - is there somewhere else I should post it on Facebook? (Oh, found MADRA page and put it up on that.)

Toulouse

Qualitymark wrote: »

I've tried posting on http://petsireland.invisionzone.com but you have to register - did so, but haven't heard back yet.

Give them a chance - run by volunteers with full time jobs.

I'll put it up for you and you can post when you get approved.

Qualitymark

Thanks very much, Toulouse, will PM you.

star-pants

Qualitymark whilst I understand your concern & I admire the work you're putting into finding your friends pup - please stop starting new threads every time you want to ask a different question relating to it as it gets very messy

morganafay

Qualitymark wrote: »

I have details on my own Facebook page, which is fairly private - is there somewhere else I should post it on Facebook? (Oh, found MADRA page and put it up on that.)

You could start a Facebook group called something like, "Lost pup in Inchicore" and get all your friends to join and hopefully some of their friends will join. It might be a long shot, but I've seen groups like that.

LisaO

Qualitymark wrote: »

LisaO, I've tweeted and there has been a good response, but if you'd like to start a retweet wave, this is what I tweeted: Puppy Packie lost from Inchicore please RT http://twitpic.com/1skhft http://twitpic.com/1skq2l

You could rewrite that any way you like. The more people hear about Packie the better.

I have details on my own Facebook page, which is fairly private - is there somewhere else I should post it on Facebook? (Oh, found MADRA page and put it up on that.)

Sorry - don't tweet or use Facebook myself but the linked article struck me as a very good example of how to co-ordinate a Lost & Found campaign.

Qualitymark

Star-pants, ok - I'll have to get some work done anyway; apart from visiting the pounds on behalf of his family, who live in West Cork, there's not much more i can do anyway.